Box fans

[Huge]

I want a box fan. The kind that stands on a window cill and moves air in or out of the window. This kind of thing;

is the *only* one I've been able to find after about an hour on Google, other than useless 12" ones, and it's unavailable/out of stock.

These things are commonplace in the USA. Does no-one sell them here?

[Baz]

> > This is the *only* one I've been able to find after about an hour on > Google,

[Huge]

>>> >>> This is the *only* one I've been able to find after about an hour on >> Google,

Not a box fan.

Not a box fan.

A move in the right direction, but not what I would call a box fan. Did you actually look at the example I posted? And did the word "useless" in front of '12"' in my original posting not mean anything?

Thanks anyway.

[Colin Wilson]

Nope. Not a box fan.

The axial plate fans aren't far off, you just need to build your own simple box...

[Huge]

> Nope. Not a box fan.

Coo. That's not a bad idea. Then I could make it fit into the relevant window frame. Thanks!

[Andy Hall]

A good idea here is to get appropriate rubber mounts for the fan and then to put fairly chunky draught excluder foam strips along the edges of the fan.

Otherwise you will have made a nice 50Hz siren which will piss you off.

[Toom Tabard]

Would it differ much in effect from e.g.

on a window sill. (if 18" is enough for you -- ooooh, missus!)

[John]

Would it differ much in effect from e.g.

on a window sill. (if 18" is enough for you -- ooooh, missus!)

I presume you really want one of these:

(so we are clear)

[Huge]

I think so. I'm already using something like that, and it's better than nothing, but on really still nights it just stirs the air rather than "pumping" any into the room.

[bof]

In message , Huge writes

Not sure what your application is but I've been working with something that looks suspiciously like that fan, and it's bloody noisy.

[Derek Geldard]

I think you'd have difficulty finding an appropriate 1.2v 50A 60Hz power supply ...

"Uses a maximum of 47 amps/61 watts on high setting" ;-))

Derek

[The Medway Handyman]

[Kevin]

I have not been to college for a while so unless ohms law has been radically changed by some weird effect of quantum physics, 47A does not equal 61W unless its running on 1.2v, I suspect its 0.47A

[John]

Someone has done some bad maths - would of course be 120 volts (USA).

[The Medway Handyman]

Sorry, came up in Google with £ prices so I naturally assumed it was a UK site.

Bloody shopping sites, PITA clogging up Google with stupid results.

[Geo]

a filter - gets rid of mjority of them.

Geo

[Huge]

Hmmm. The prices in the small print are in US$.

[Huge]

Couldn't agree more. I never ever look at them. Using the "-waffle" switch in Google helps.

[Andy Dingley]

TLC 18" floor-level free-standers for half price at the moment (=A331 + VAT). Work out the rest yourself, but this is a cheap starter for a decent fan.

[Huge]

Fang Kew.